EDMONTON — A survey showing Calgary residents pay among the highest power bills in North America has renewed opposition calls to put an end the province’s experiment with a deregulated electricity market.
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China’s Electricity Demand to Double by 2026
Over the past decade China has experienced huge economic growth, with a yearly growth rate in double figures, and this has required an equally huge growth in capacity of its energy generation industry. The amazing thing is that the potential economic slowdown that China now faces doesn’t look set to impact on the trend for increasing energy generation capacity.
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AltaLink projects underway will ensure reliable electricity supply
Ensuring electricity is supplied in a reliable and non-interruptive manner is the aim of AltaLink projects underway in and around the Sylvan Lake and Eckville area.
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New 24/7 Hydropower Source Under Development
One of childhood’s happiest memories is flying kites. Now, an American academic is developing a novel idea – underwater kites equipped with turbines to generate electricity from ocean currents.
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Feds easing rules on incandescent light bulb ban
OTTAWA — The feds are softening the rules for the coming ban on traditional light bulbs, but you’ll still be hit in the pocketbook.
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Electricity bills in Red Deer are set to rise in January
On Monday, city council delayed the inevitable — a 20 per cent increase in the transmission portion on the bills. The increase will add about $5 to a typical monthly electric bill.
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Epcor sells more Capital Power shares
EDMONTON – Epcor Utilities is cutting its ownership interest in Capital Power to 19 per cent.
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Power saving idea gets green light from council
The Town of Black Diamond is looking to assume power over its electricity costs.
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The Cube – New Breakthrough Set to Alter the Energy Landscape Forever
Redox Power Systems has signed a partnership deal with researchers at the University of Maryland in order to develop and bring to commercial market a new distributed electricity generation technology that could change the relationship that many consumers have with the energy market and national grid.
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Future Energy Production Threatened by Water Shortages
When we flip on a light, we rarely think about water. But electricity generation is the biggest user of water in the United States. Thermoelectric power plants alone use more than 200 billion gallons of water a day – about 49 percent of the nation’s total water withdrawals.
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